Institute of Computing

Institute of ComputingUniversity of Campinas - UNICAMP

Campinas, SP, Brazil

www.ic.unicamp.br/cpg

GRADUATE PROGRAM INCOMPUTER SCIENCE

Institute of Computing - ICUniversity of Campinas

UNICAMP

Av. Albert Einstein, 1251Cidade Universitária “Zeferino Vaz”13083-852 • Campinas/SP - Brazil

Phone: + 55 (19) 3521-5842Fax: + 55 (19) 3521-5847

e-mail: info-cpg@ic.unicamp.br

Photos: Arthur Bispo de Castro - IC - Unicamp

Reasons to choose IC for graduate studies

- Academic excellence.

- Degrees accredited by Brazilian authorities.

- Excellent campus services including food and health care facilities for students.

- International collaboration.

- Pleasant environment for research and studies.

- Strong interaction with high technology companies:

Motorola, IBM, Ci&T, CPqD, HP, Itautec,Microsoft Research, UOL, CISCO, IBM, AsGa,

new enterprises incubation facilities,Software Development Laboratory

(partnership with Microsoft)

Compiler Optimization Laboratory(partnership with INTEL)

Linux Technology Laboratory(partnership with IBM)

How to apply for graduate studies

The program offers two application deadlines:

May and October.

See more details at:www.ic.unicamp.br/cpg/inscricoes

INTRODUCTIONUniversity of Campinas - UNICAMP - is a leading Brazilian public university that has attained international recognition for excellence through its innovative approach to higher education. The Institute of Computing - IC, which celebrated forty years of existence in 2009, was the first academic institution in Brazil to offer a bachelor's degree in Computer Science. The graduate program was started in 1977 and has earned a reputation for providing exceptional higher education. It offers a stimulating learning and research environment for graduate students through a combination of high-level teaching, individual studies, high quality supervision and international opportunities of collaboration with other research centers.

Research areas. The program includes several research areas (www.ic.unicamp.br/cpg/areas):

algorithms and optimization, artificial intelligence and computer vision, computational biology and bioinformatics, computational geometry, computer architecture, computers and education, computer graphics and image processing, computer networks and distributed systems, cryptography and security, databases, fault tolerance, graph theory, human computer interaction, numerical computing, programming languages and compilers, software engineering.

Academic excellence. The program is consistently ranked as one of Brazil’s top institutions in providing high-level research, and Master and PhD degrees that carry prestige and professional recognition as shown by the more than 50 awards (www.ic.unicamp.br/cpg/premios).Moreover, the program has received the highest number of awards for best doctoral thesis in the yearly competition promoted by the Brazilian Computer Society (SBC).

Faculty members excellence. Twenty two of the Institute's 43 faculty members hold research productivity grants funded by the Brazilian Funding Agency CNPq. Faculty boasts international experience and diverse education background, being actively engaged as members of evaluation committees of Brazilian funding agencies such as FAPESP, CNPq and CAPES, as well as editorial boards of journals and conferences.

National evaluation. The program is ranked among the 10 best academic institutions in Brazil.

INFRASTRUCTURE

Campinas is a city of about one million people, located 100 km from the city of São Paulo, which is the state’s capital. It has its own international airport (Viracopos) and is a center with important high technology companies. The city also offers many cultural activities, good restaurants and shopping facilities.

UNICAMP is ranked among the 150 top universities in the world. It has a modern library system, wireless network throughout the campus, support for sports and leisure activities and an excellent health care infrastructure.

The Institute of Computing has several well-equipped research and teaching laboratories, study rooms for graduate students, video conference facilities, high speed wireless and cable networks.

Research laboratories of the Institute are focused on specific areas including:

LAS - System Administration and SecurityLCA - Applied CryptographyLIS - Information SystemsLIV - Visualization and Image ProcessingLOCo - Optimization and CombinatoricsLRC - Computer NetworksLSC - Computer SystemsLSD - Distributed Systems and Software EngineeringRECOD - Reasoning for Complex Data

Some of the Institute's members are also active at NIED, UNICAMP’s Center for Informatics Applied to Education.

Graduate education in numbers. - Faculty members: 43 - Research topics: 26 - Enrolled PhD students: 114 - Awarded PhD degrees: 94 - Enrolled MSc students:162 - Awarded MSc degrees: 588 - Academic awards: 57 - PhD students with international internship (2008/2009): 68% - Financed research projects (2009): 102 - Journal publications (2009): 44 - Refereed conference publications (2009): 140 - Post-doctoral researchers (2009): 10

OPPORTUNITIES

Master´s degree. The program enables its graduates to pursue further academic studies as well as successful professional careers in industry.

Doctoral degree. The graduates of this very demanding and high quality program mostly follow their career as faculty members at various universities and as researchers at organizations including industry.

Straight doctoral program. Outstanding candidates may be admitted to doctoral studies without a Master degree.

International internship program. Doctoral students are encouraged to spend from a few months to a year at renowned institutions abroad in order to foster international cooperation. In the last two years 68% of doctoral students participated in this program.

Teaching traineeship program. Doctoral students are encouraged to train as future teaching faculty by lecturing undergraduate courses with financial support from the university.

Post-doctoral program. The Institute of Computing is interested in attracting outstanding post-doctoral candidates who may be supported by FAPESP scholarships of R$ 5028, or by other scholarships available from CNPq and CAPES.